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Show "He Knew His Daughter. .' -' .-The death-of "vMrs. .-Jessie- Benton Fremont recalls the story of how her T-atii'er,' Senator - Benton-; of :. "Missouri, violently, opposed her -union to ; lieutenant, lieu-tenant, afterward, general, John C. Fremont., . After . her. marriage the senator went to a newspaper office and handed in a notice announcing the wedding of "Jessie . - Benton to John .C. Fremont. The editor suggested sug-gested that the ' groom's name was usually put first,' whereupon - Benton said explosively: "It will go in that way or not at all. Fremont did not marry my daughter; she married him." ' ' ' ' ' |